Roundtable to address rise of Reggaetón

Posted November 4, 2009; 03:23 p.m.

by Staff

Artists, critics and scholars will discuss Reggaetón, one of the top-selling genres in U.S. Latino/a and Latin American music, in a panel discussion set for 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, in 101 McCormick Hall.

In the last decade, Reggaetón has risen from the Puerto Rican underground to the global mainstream. The genre's hyper-modern, synth-driven mix of rap and reggae -- with Latin flourishes -- has topped international charts while finding grassroots supporters across the Americas and inspiring debates around race and nation, class and gender, and morals and mores.